Hi James,
> but I did receive approval from the city that we could import data
> from data.ottawa.ca/dataset <http://data.ottawa.ca/dataset>. Which I
> documented here:
>https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Canada:Ontario:Ottawa/Import/Permission
I'm not a legal expert, but I think that OSM would have trouble with
some of the licence terms, such as
http://ottawa.ca/en/mobile-apps-and-open-data/terms-use#terms —
*Liability for not complying with Terms of Use*
If, as a result of your breach of these Terms of Use, the City gets
sued or is required to pay someone money, you agree to protect the
City and reimburse the City for everything which you cause the City
to suffer. This means that you agree to defend, indemnify, and hold
harmless the City and all of its agents from any and all liabilities
incurred in connection with any claim arising from any breach by you
of these Terms of Use, including reasonable legal fees and costs.
You agree to cooperate fully in the defence of any such claim. The
City reserves the right to assume, at its own expense, the exclusive
defence and control of any matter otherwise subject to
indemnification by you. You agree not to settle any matter without
the written consent of the City.
*Cancellation for non-compliance*
The City may, in its sole discretion, cancel or suspend your access
to the datasets without notice and for any reason, including
anything which the City, in its sole discretion, believes is a
breach of these Terms of Use or is otherwise unlawful or harmful to
others. In the event of cancellation or suspension, you will no
longer be authorized to use or reproduce these datasets, and the
City may use any means possible to enforce its decision. Such
cancellation or suspension will not affect any person who has
received the datasets from you and who is otherwise in compliance
with these Terms of Use.
So it looks like the City could sue OSM if someone uses the map in
Ottawa, gets lost or falls in the canal, and sues the City. It also
looks like the city reserves the right to suspend use of the data, and
may be able to enforce this.
Ottawa's licence looks a lot like the first wave of Canadian Open Data
licences, and these were absolutely not usable in OSM.
Best Wishes,
Stewart
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